Spectral properties of the Kramers-Fokker-Planck operator with a long-range potential

Abstract

We study real resonances and embedded eigenvalues of the Kramers--Fokker--Planck operator with a long-range potential. We prove that thresholds are only possible accumulation points of eigenvalues and that the limiting absorption principle holds true for energies outside an exceptional set. We also prove that the eigenfunctions associated with discrete eigenvalues decay exponentially and those associated with embedded non-threshold ones decay polynomially.